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Message:: [QUOTE="crystalk64, post: 74392, member: 1873"]Ian,  The term "darkside" is not meant to be offensive! Most North American collectors wallow in their dead presidents all their lives and don't venture out in to the world collecting area. That is changing very rapidly at this time but....for years....if you collected foreign coins you just didn't discuss it openly. Lots of things have brought on the changes as the Euro is what got me to open up my eyes and from there things have exploded with all sorts of possibilities. My there are some beautiful coins in the world and some how I need them all!!! Lots of collectors over here see the term "darksider" as a compliment NOW as we had the ability to open up those eyes and proud of it! The flip side would be someone in Europe, Austrailia, Asia or any where else for that matter, collecting U.S.  We may be slow over here but we are trying to catch up. I do know this...there is a lot more competition for quality foreign coins over here, at this time, than I have ever seen and prices are escalating every day. Quite honestly some of the world crowns and European classics, as I call them, are very very pricey and must be compared with key date U.S. coins. Ian, I am a darksider and VERY proud of it. You have a LOT of history and culture that was NEVER taught in our schools and world coinage is telling me all about it! I just hate it that it took me 30 years to realize what I was missing![/QUOTE]